Pro-illegal immigrants forces trying to disrupt, delay NRC in Assam: AASU

The allegation by the AASU came less than a month before the publication of the final NRC, a list of Assam's residents

The All Assam Students' Union (AASU), which spearheaded a six-year-long agitation against illegal immigrants in 1980s, Wednesday alleged that certain pro-influx forces were trying to disrupt the ongoing exercise to update the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

AASU chief adviser Samujjal Bhattacharya claimed that forged documents were found in several parts of Assam in the recent past which suggest that efforts are on to include illegal immigrants in the final NRC list.

"We have information that certain pro-illegal immigrants forces are trying to disrupt and delay the NRC process," he told PTI.

The allegation by the AASU came less than